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At first sight, Nissan TeRRA SUV concept reminds us about the exterior of Nissan Juke. Designed and developed based on Murano and Qashqai, this SUV concept is envisioned as the one and only zero emission SUV. It combines both Nissan strengths which are SUVs and EVs, gliding silently on the road powered by its electric 3-motor AWD. Cool SUV exterior design represents athletic eco-appeal with modern toughness, an attention grabber on the road.

Francois Bancon, Nissan’s division general manager said that the main challenge was to bring Nissan’s strength in SUV into the era of zero-emissions. The goal was not trying to create tough and big car for extreme environment, yet it’s a new approach to develop an SUV that’s relevant to urban life. Nissan TeRRA SUV concept boasts unique seating layout that sets new standard in SUV category, the layout offers you better and exciting driving experience by providing great visibility in order to create sense of being in control under any conditions.

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After a knee surgery, rehabilitation should be done to help patient recover and increase on self dependency. Syncro Post Surgical Knee Rehabilitation Device has been designed to create better and more effective way compared to traditional devices to help patient going through the recovery process easily and enjoyable. It helps patient to slowly progress from passive to active movement, it features user interface that stimulates patient’s motivation to get better. Both legs are used together to create well balanced recovery and synchronization.

After a successful knee operation, patients should endure months of recovery. Usually during the process patients can get bored and lost interest due to the lack of physical involvement, therefore, the challenge here is to create innovative device to motivate patients to follow through the rehabilitation. Do you know that improper rehabilitation can lead to patient’s injury permanently?

Syncro Post Surgical Knee Rehabilitation Device offers well balanced recovery by forcing 2 legs to be used together with visual updates through its digital interface. The visual updates motivate patients to get better as they can see their progresses, it’s an effective way for a full recovery.

Designer : James Cha

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Transferring patient with minimum mobility to a bathtub or a wheelchair can be really difficult and uncomfortable. Lucy Lift has been designed to answer this problem; it’s an ideal patient transfer lift that provides easy transport as well as essential hygiene services, like we mentioned previously going to the toilet or taking a bath. Based on in-depth researches and interviews, this industrial designer identifies some major issues with current bath lifts, therefore it needs new bath lift design that addresses all those problems.

The main objective of this project is to provide the most comfortable, easy to use and logical transfer lift while at the same time encouraging an emotional bond between the user and lift. Emotional connection can be formed based on the anamorphic design, it gives the lift a personality that makes user feels comfortable when using it. Lucy Lift protects patient’s dignity, especially during patient’s journey from and to the bathroom.

Designer : Elman Lewis

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Givi motorcycle top box was designed by these industrial designers during their exchange period at Istituto Europeo di Design. This top box project is intended to be used on motorcycles and has to be realistic enough to be released in the market by the year of 2017.

At first, we came up with many ideas that would make this an ambitious target, but during the process we moved toward actual reasonable scenarios and implementing only those features which were likely be available at that time. We had a keen interest to design a product that is sustainable, using biodegradable plastics and making the manufacturing process and recycling process as easy as possible and one of the top box’s main feature and theme is configurability and customizability.

We applied these themes to Givi Motorcycle Top Box both internally and externally, thus the interior has an easy to use compartmentalization feature using elastic rubber bands, while the exterior has customizable rings that can match any motorbike. We decided to use a new lock system with an RFID key to simplify the access to two separate compartments. These compartments have separate purposes, a smaller for easy access for personal things that are essential and a bigger one that has more space. The aggressive angle of the lid was designed to fit with modern and future motorbike trends where the rear end of the bike is also angled, not flat.

Designers : Harold Baltodano, Krisztián Griz and Mina Kuchani

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The Austrian design studio motion code: blue has released its latest design concept SERION E60 Yacht which was generated by Benjamin Julian Toth, a student of the University of applied sciences FH Joanneum for Industrial Design, Graz Austria as a diploma thesis. The topic was to design a reinterpretation of long range passage maker yachts for the next generation of yacht owners. Mc.b acted as cooperation partner and sponsor for this project.

The main goal of SERION E60 yacht is to offer you a visualization of our future motor yachts within 60 ft by combining megatrends, future markets and consumer behaviors. Aside from those aspects, this yacht also focuses on unconventional functions and innovative features within its class.

Designer : Motion Code Blue

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Welcome to a new mode of transportation. With each day bringing new advancements to the way we live and work, shouldn’t our bus be advanced too? Meet the next evolution of mass transportation, MACH, designed to fit the 21st century lifestyle. Mach high speed bus is very fast, more luxurious and more environment friendly than any other bus on planet earth. The bus is designed aerodynamically to reduce air drag coefficient, which enables the bus to reach high speeds effortlessly with less fuel consumption. The bus construction is based on monocoque carbon fibre chassis, which has more strength than steel & weighs less than aluminum.

Designer : Abhi Muktheeswarar

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Lucky are we to have been blessed with eyes that could spot out things. We can read things hassle-free, admire at nature’s beauty, but the blind? Can they sense things or at least know the current time? Why not! Specially designed for the visually disabled is the new Tactile Watch. So, what’s so intriguing about this watch? The very feeling of raised minute and hour hands with respect to the dots, positioned around the watch face helps the visually disabled to know the current time. Rather than employing a dial, the watch hands are stimulated directly to create a tactile experience. The watchband is made out of flexible rubber material, which makes it even easier for the blind people to take on and off.

This designer got the idea to design watch for visually impaired people when he was researching for his senior thesis project in college. You might think that the blind people search new technologies to restore their sight or a way to navigate the city. In fact, they just want simple things to improve their quality of life. The thesis focused primarily on money recognition for U.S bills and at the same time this industrial designer wanted to expand his research to design a simple product that would appeal a larger user base outside of the visually disabled. He has come up with this Tactile Watch design.

The designer’s primary motto is to design a more user-friendly watch for the blind so that they might have a unique experience as others. While the watch is still at the concept stage, the designer is researching out to incorporate many things for a brilliant outcome.

Designer : Jake Rynkiewicz

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Mercedes Arrow has been designed to draw a comparison with other recreational vehicles such as motorcycles, jetskis or personalized aircraft. This stunning vehicle gives its passengers the ride of their life. The bobsleigh shaped body, the lightweight materials and the sporty look enable it to shoot through heavy traffic like an arrow from a bow. This experience can only be enjoyed by two passengers, their seats are placed one in front of another. One of the stunning features this futuristic car has, is that it combines TANDEM with MAGLEV technology to take sharp corners. This innovative feature allows the body of the car to tilt left and right when the car is taking corners, thus minimizing the wheels tilt angle. There is an almost non-existing chance for the vehicle to slide out of control. Due to the slim body, the wheels cover the same space of tarmac, just as a contemporary car, eliminating the risk of the car flipping over. The designer, Felipe Palermo, found inspiration in the old Silver Arrows, the SLR McLaren and the 1954 Gull-Wing.

Designer : Felipe  Nogueria Palermo

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Pandur is an eco-friendly vehicle with great aesthetics that features an electric motor on its rear wheel and the front batteries can be charged through specific systems placed on the front wheels. The metallic frame of the compact and lightweight vehicle is strengthened by a band of durable plastic that acts as a chair too and sustains the three wheels. The vehicle contains a detachable luggage with a maximum capacity of around 170 cm. Additionally, it can change its tires automatically according to the condition of the terrain. A simple push button starts the operation which is made possible through a hydraulic system placed inside the wheels. The main axis of the concept integrates an air jet to protect the driver at high speeds and to reach the driver’s seat, a part of the frame is flipped to the side. Since the vehicle is raised only 5 cm from the ground, the suspension may have slight problem to perform well.

Designer : Popescu Lucian

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BlitzenBenz concept racing car has been designed in a new way of challenging the global issues keeping the long lived racing heritage of Mercedes intact. The shape and pattern of the concept comprises various innovative technologies like liquid armor and a military application operated Kevlar armor that can strengthen the car by applying pressure on its organic parts to turn into different shapes. Not only that, with the development of the nanotechnology, many more organic parts can be genetically included with the car that will respond like human bodies react with the nerve system.

The horizontal tube like structure of BlitzenBenz was designed to visually look and acts like a vase where plants grow in. The lighting idea was inspired by bioluminescent that can be found in deep sea creatures and the wheels are individually held by the organic structure with in-wheel motors that would open whenever it requires just like a plant blossoms to get sunlight or water. A hydrogen tank is located in the side pocket of the car that can give the vehicle a visual impression of recycling water throughout the entire vehicle.

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The WHY yacht is a concept yacht dedicatedly focused on bringing luxury living lifestyle on the sea through offering maximum durability, space and cutting-edge technologies at every single turn. The yacht is contained in a triangle shaped hull measuring 58 x 38 meter and the interior is furnished with water resistant buffalo leather with calpinage technique. Aside from the 25 meter long seawater pool on the bow, the boat creates a completely flat water surface behind it, similar to an Olympic-size pool where boarders can swim in peace. The boat is powered by a diesel electric engine and a central computer manages the different sources of energy. Moreover, about 900 square meters of photovoltaic surface panel generates a part of the energy that is required to subsist the boat.

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The Eboard Tracker concept doesn’t focus on just a transport vehicle, rather the designer has envisioned it as an eco-friendly, small and funny motorbike that can run at up to 30 mph and ensures better twisting around the corner of the street with its compact and light design. This bike contains hand throttle instead of traditional electric pedaling and features light, simple and optical flowing frame. A beam girder from section-I and hydro-formed tubes welded together in order to strengthen the steering head. The handlebar is shaped like an ace-bar which is fully adjustable and includes a cycle computer on top with speed, battery status and estimated remaining battery capacity readings.

This bike features a very close to “vintage racer” look with its regenerative breaking and a hub battery since they are similar to a set of drum brakes. The chain is swapped for a carbon shaft, bevel drive and nylon hypoid gears enclosed in right swing arm. Behind the pedal shafts, a small six speed cassette type remains hidden and comes operational if the battery becomes flat any time. Both pedals are lockable at 180 degrees and can be used as foot pegs

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The Triclo is an innovative tricycle concept, featuring the functionality of a paddling tricycle, while offering the outlook of a futuristic transportation means. This vehicle is designed to make room for one person only and comprises paddles with a convenient sitting arrangement. The Triclo has a steering wheel instead of conventional tricycle handles and an innovative and unique rear wheel setup. It features a shade over the driver that will let the driver protected from the sun and mild rain.

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In this daily clogging of road and parking space it’s always the space for parking that seems to be the main issue. In such a scenario, the new urban vehicle design by David Goncalves is something that’s what the doctor ordered. The design called as Scarab by the designer is not only a concept that is aimed at occupying least road space, but also it occupies very little parking space too. The vehicle is completely collapsible and the complete process ensures that the vehicle is parked on just two wheels. A very nice thought that surely will find many takers.

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